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Grigor'eva V.N.

Nizhegorodskaia gosudarstvennaia meditsinskaia akademiia, Nizhniĭ Novgorod

Sagil'dina A.O.

Karova N.A.

Lack of self-awareness of disease in patients with focal brain lesions

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Grigor'eva V.N., Sagil'dina A.O., Karova N.A.

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Journal: S.S. Korsakov Journal of Neurology and Psychiatry. 2011;111(9): 80‑87

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LACK OF SELF-AWARENESS OF DISEASE IN PATIENTS WITH FOCAL BRAIN LESIONS
LACK OF SELF-AWARENESS OF DISEASE IN PATIENTS WITH FOCAL BRAIN LESIONS

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Grigor'eva VN, Sagil'dina AO, Karova NA. Lack of self-awareness of disease in patients with focal brain lesions. S.S. Korsakov Journal of Neurology and Psychiatry. 2011;111(9):80‑87. (In Russ.)

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awareness of disabilities in disease
anosognosia
local brain injury
stroke

Authors:

Grigor'eva V.N.

Nizhegorodskaia gosudarstvennaia meditsinskaia akademiia, Nizhniĭ Novgorod

Sagil'dina A.O.

Karova N.A.

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